; Mr MM»
0 INCHES . . . They are get
*<> they measure the size of
wiionai budget by the mim
'd pounds it weighs.
- -lators and others interest
'd! have an opportunity to
No,-!:j Carolina tad
recommendations. etc. They
find that the budget just
■w-d is about two inches thick
weighs about the same as
Sunday editions of the New
Times..
f *1 • NEWS . . . People ol
,:s|e read so much about Sen.
Kerr S.ott's vigorous anti
ibla-an statements and hks
"uucenients on matters gov
icntal that they have lost
n w th the personal items
1 ", Kerr Scott and his fami
ii. he was over at Garner a
nights ago for a delicious
ing supper. Had his son. Os
■ 'ii*1 Kim. During the course
i> remarks, he said that soine
he gets so hungry for chit
' in Washington that he can
••y stand it.
has been known to drive
distances for wjiat lie de
)es as a "mesa of barbecue
i'it'lings." , .
"■ S;ott's son, Robert—a State
ege alumnus living and farm
in Alamance Colinty—was re
i.v voted Young Parmer of the
r in that section of the State,
senator's wife, whom he al
s calls "Miss Mary,” is recov
'S from an attack pf pneumonia
1 Washington, D. C„ hospital.
1GGER and BETTER ... In
era rarked by the death of
of our great monthly maga
s—American and Woman’s
lle Companion—it is refreshing
ee ttlat the February issue of
old friend, The Progressive
mer- has 196 pages.
1 begins the ?1 year of life
“er and better than ever,
“^dentally, what do you think
s ttle most quoted sentence in
fSec ROUNDUP, Page 2) ,
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Commlssioners^ln^A^reement
Board Removes Protested Areas,
Calls Recreation Vote For April 2
A referendum on the pub-*
'ir recreation issue is sched
uled to be held in a reduced
Chapel Hill town and subur
ban area on April 2 as a re
sult of deliberafions of the
Orange County Bo: rd of Com
missioner* in Hillsboro Mon
day.
f h e four commissioners
n’ni'imo.'is in agreeing
on the reduction of the tax
> i-tri:t' and-also oh the date for
ti-c election—which was recommend
ed by the County’s bond attorneys
in New York City..
Alt Concerned United
All wsons eonperned with the
rp-reption issue seemed united by
Monday in agreeing to leaving out
outlying sectors of the proposed
recreation district, particularly the
Town of Carrboro.
Only discussion Monday centered
around elimination of a small area
within the' town of Carrboro which
is also in the Chapel Hat School
d: trict. This was removed along
w.ih the rest of Carrboro.
However, the issue to be voted
upon in the new District will he
the same: Whether nr not ihc tax
payers of the District wish to au
liioti’.r (he- County Commission
ers to levy a tax of up to $.10 per
*100 valuation for administration
of a public recreat-on program, and
further to authorize the commis
sioners to levy such tax as may
he/necessary to float a bend is
sue of up to $750,000 for construc
tion of recreation facilities.
Gjvn Childress, Pi st President of
Ik* Chapel Ilill Jaycces and ori
ginal, 'Cha'rnian of the Chib's
Uet.rcaLion Committee 'which ini
tiated the move for the referendum,
'ed the way in proposing that the
outlying areas be left out of the
District v.s originally proposed. Km
p.'msizing unit he was writing only
.11 ills own behalf. Mr. Childress
■sent a letter to Acting Board Chair
man Dwight Ray this weekend, sug-.
gestlng that the Commissioners
i educe the District's size.
800 Wanted Out
Petitions signed by an estimated
1,109 persons in the Mt. Moriah, Carr
boro, White Cross, Smith Level, and
Mt. Catmcl neighborhoods were gre
.-entOd to the Cnnntv Commissioners
on Jan. 25 at a special meeting in
ifi.i'sbovo. All of these asked that
their, territories,be left out ol the
area in w hich "(lie Vote win hi' held.
There were no addPional spokes-.
men on this Issue at Monday morn
ing's meeting. Commissioner Kay
oi Cart-boro and Commissioner
Donald Stanford of Chapel Hill
had earl er I teen reported mi «»|»
(See RECREATION. Page 4)
Schley Grange
Opposes Auto
Inspection
Resolutions and recommendations
‘or a Highway Safety Program
have been adopted by Schley Grange
nr.d submitted to members of the
Legislature from Orange Count',
and to State Grange Master. Harry
!L Caldwell. *
A resolution opposing. meehauieaL
inspection of Motor vehicles at this
time "TS adopted, and recomnienda
fions strongly urging that action be
taken in dead to strengthen and ex
pand Driver' Training .Programs
for both High School students and
Adults.
Other recommendations favored
rnd adopted "ere:
1—Present laws be used to tlieii
lull extent.
2— Spot announcements bo made
on radio and television bringing
out particular points on safe driv
ing.
3— That Highway Patrol cars con
tinue to be marked so that they
are recognizable as such.
4— A law requiring every owner ol
a motor vehicle to have liability in
surance sufficient: to cover an.' tea
sonablc amount of damages lor
which he might be responsible- be
fore license plates can be issued
to such owner.,
Tlie entire program of legislative
recommendations is based chief y
on the fact that ninty percent ol
highway fatalities are due to iaul
,y drivers, not to meoharueal
failure of cars. : ,
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EAGLE MASONIC LODGE NO. 19 INSTALLS NEW OFFICERS.
Shown above are the newly installed officers whir will serve Eagle
Lodge No. T9; A. F. and A. M., of Hillsboro during the current year.
Front row left to right—Everett Forrest, Senior Warden; Wayland
Sharp:, Master; Mozell Harris, Junior Warden; Delma Brown, Senior
Deacon; ^second row—Grady Brown, Chaplain; N. L. Mauroner, Junior
Deacon; Burch Compton, Steward; Ralph Thomas, Tyler; Back row—
H. 0. Bivins, out going P. M.; Chandler Cates, Secretary; Not present
•re—George Smith, Treasurer and the Rev. L. W. Pettit, Steward.
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County Farm Agent Matheson
Asked To Attend Dam Hearing
County Farm Agent Don S.
Matin--, n was directed Monday by
the County Commissioners to at
tend' the Army Engineers hearing
in Fayetteville this Friday on the
Cape Fear Fnod Control Dam pro
ject. - '
Mr. Malheson said he felt Orange
County would certainly oppose the
Club Formed
For Studying
Ol Investments
Thii teen Hillsboro men held a
meeting Monday night in the board
room of the old' Courthouse and
organized the Hillsboro Invest-'
me hi Club, an affiliate of the
National. Association of Invest
ment Clubs.
Ira Ward was elected president.
Xi„ P Carr, vice president. John
P Ballard, secretary and Ted
Smith treasurer-agent. Other mem
bers are Chandler Cates. K. F. War
ren. H J. Smith Jr . WayTSStia*
Sharpe. Kay C. Winecoff. Bernard
F. Allison, W. Clarence Mangum.
Charles 'J. James and Dr. H. W.
M ore.
'i'he purposes of the organiza
tion are:
4C-'rj educate members in the
fundamental principles and tech
niques of sound investment prac
tices.
2. Enable members to invest
surplus funds mutually.
3. Follow the growth theory of
investment.
4 Invest regularly and take ad
vantage of compound interest.
•construction cf a darp across the
New H:p? Creek at its top pro
posed level of 259 feet above sea
level. But he said he felt Orange
would not nee dfcf take a -stand on
eithrr of the other proposals to
build the dam at a lower level in
asmuch as they would aifcct the
County very little.
The Commissioners asked Mr.
Mathoson „tpLjct^tn ^»J>dvi*urj
capacity™ them on the New Tlopc
dam prop sition. He said that his
survey data on how the project
would afleet the County was being
consolidated with a report made
up by Chapel Hill Town Manager
Thomas I). Rose.
Mr. Matheson was authorized -to
fill several vacancies on the Orange
Cr.unty Agricultural and Indust
rial -Ccjjimission. T.h e bounty
Board recently re-appointed all
28 members of this group, how
ever several persons have since
stated they did not 'wish to serve
another term-.--—
Wildcats Top
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Fuquay Team
Hillsboro High grabbed an early
lead and held it all the way here
Friday night to knock off .favored
Fuquay High 62-49,. in an Eastern
Class AA District Three contest.
touch Fred Cla.vtor's Wildcats
took a 15-10 first quarter lead and
upped it to 32-23 at the half.
Center George Forrest paced
Hillsboro with 17 points. Garland
Sianglcr. the conference's top scor
er, was right behind with 16. Frcd
(See WILDCATS. Page 4) „
Carr Tells Commissioners Request
May Come For County- Wide Tax Vote
Superintendent G. Paul Carr
advised the Board of County Com
missioners Monday that they may
be^equestad to call -for a county
wide ^election on a supplementary
school tax at its next meeting on
March 4.
Carr appeared to advise the
Commissioners of developments
in the school tax issue and to ap
praise them of the possibility of
such a call. The Board of Educa
tion. he said, is now around to
the position that a supplement is
needed throughout the county.
He said it would be desirable
“if w? can get Hie Carrboro folks
to agree to calling an election for
the county as a whole for a coun
ty-wide 15c supplement."
Following an earlier meeting
with the Carrboro District Com
mittee last week. Carr said that
the committee said flatly it would
net agree to going in with the rest
of the county on a 15e supple
ment. paying all tuition required
by the Chapel Hill unit and shar
ing equally with the county_in
the remainder of the tax; would
not agree to paying to Chapel
Hill tuition on certain fringe area
students in the Hillsboro White
School district who now attend
f% Chapel Hill Negro School in
; the event a supplement vote should
[ pass in Carrboro and fails in the
k
Schley Legion
'Xnnuaf bup'per
On Saturday
Schley American Legion Post 452
will hold its annual . barbeeue
hrunswick stew supper and social
ill s Saturday night. Supper will be
Irom 6:30 ot 7:30 o'clock and the
social from ft to 10:30 o'clock in
the Sehlev Grange-Hall.
Legionaire . Everett H. Kennedy
heads the Food Committee; Legion
dire J. Frank Rpv^ heads the tick
et /committee and I. eg ion a ire
Ctarence TTincs heads" the Mustr
•siWimittee, Anyone desiring tickets
can secure them from any"'mem
ber;, of .Sehfev Post No. 452, .
Lcgionaircs of Post No. 452 pay
especial tribute to the Schley Auxi
liary. Nothing goes on there unless
ill.-sc fine ladies pitch in and make
the event click. ■ !
Schley. Post No. 452 recently spon
sored a ''Back To God" Service at
Walnut Grove Church. This was
done as part of the national move- j
incut now being pushed by .the
\mcrican Legion. Also, The Schley
Post is eo-sponsor of the oratorial
contest now in progress at the
Hillsboro High School. and is ex
pecting to have a contestant from
Aycock High School,
County; and took under advise
ment the question of inviting the
White' Crdss district in/with Carr
hero in the event of the calling
of an election in that area alone.
The school: board took no offic
ini action on the question at Mon
day’s meeting, but agreed a de
' cisioh would have to be made by
Match 4 if an election 'is < to be
held by the first wek in June, as
has-been proposed. —
Board Approves
Two Sites For Gym
The Board of. Education on Mon
day approved the location of pro- j
post-d new gymnasium • buildings :
for both Hillsboro High and Cen
tral Schools.
At Hillsboro, the board accept- •
ed the recommendation of a spec
ial committee from the State De
partment of Public Instruction for
location of the proposed 85 x 110
f ot structure just back of the
bus parking lot to the west of
the school, parallel to new Hazel
Street and reaching back to the
present athfetie field. The archi-i
tect was instructed to proceed ,
with preliminary drawings for the
building and to make a study oi
the cost of moving an 8-ineh water
main which now crosses the site.
At Central,-the board turned
down the Fccommcndatioff of two
sites by the State consultants, head-,
by Marvin Johnson, and decided
od to locate the gymtorium at the
back of the present cafeteria and
proceed with construction as rap
idly as possible. Other sites rec
ommended would have necessi
tated the removal or tearing down
of existing buildings.
In other action, the board en
dorsed the legislative program of
the State Board of Education, in
eluding pay raises for teachers
and forwarded implementing res
olutions to the Governor and mem
berk of the legislature.
Crime Prevention Week Opens
Sunday; Exchange Club Sponsor
Sunday. r'-h rtnrV +0- \yill mark
*Qi * ***c ^iflth annual
observance of National Crime Pre
vention Week in Hillsboro under
Hie sponsorship of the Exchange
Club.
Mayor Ben Johnston has issued
a proclamation to emphasize the
event.
Opening day on the 7-day ob-'
servanee calendar has beeii de
signated as Go-To-Chiirch Sui.ula.Vv,.
In an appeal for record church at
tendance that day by Hillsboro resi-,
dents. Crime Prevention • Week
( Itairman‘John'W. Dickson of the"
local Club, emphasized- the impor
(.I'i'cc iir regular church attendance
as a deterrent to ’erime and juvenile
lielinqtieijey. Members-of Exchange
'.'.ill go in?a group to Methodist
Church.
"The^ -church, along “with the
home and the school, is one of the
three major bulwarks against the
encroachments of crime on our
society," he said. Our nation's
stand against the criminal element
is greatly dependent oil the-corn
lined strength of all three. Every
churchgoer hcljw to strengthen and
tvpure the continued beneficent in
fluence the church brings to bear on.
ihc prnlilcm." Dickson said.
In another activity scheduled Tor*
the Week. Sheriff Odell Clayton Will
on the School Day"program at
Hillsixud High School next .Tuesda!
The Mayor s proclamation was as
follows:
lSt - CRIME I’ttitv 4)
Hearing On By-Pass Scheduled
In Chapel Hill Next Wednesday
A public hearing on the pro-'
posed southwest bypass . around
Chapel, Hill and Carrboro will be
held in the Chapel Hill Town
Hall next Wednesday morning at
11 a.m.
State Highway Commission 'Di
vision Engineer T. A. Burton of
Greensboro, who will conduct the
Record Closed On Cheshire Cross Burnino
'Charity', Ancient Heritage Have Day In Court
Hillsboro and Orange County's
glorious heritage and its illustri
ous sons of antiquity received elo
quent homage, "even-handed jus
tice” of distinguished jurists in
lhe oast got a boost, the late Bish
op Cheshire "than whom no one
was ever finer” came in for new
glory, and 25-year-old William
Polk "Billy” Cheshire was fined
$10 and costs for burning a cross
last December in the yard of Mrs.
Eliza \Vebb.
It alt Happened last Monday
morning in Orange County Rec
orders Court, Judge L. J. Phipps
presiding.
Other characters with speaking
parts in the play included Lawyer
H. Percy Rcade of Durham, who
always considers it a privilege
to come to Orange County” and
even "appreciated the opport
unity to represent this young boy,’’
* Sheriff Odell Claytbn. Solicitor
Koy Cole, the Rev. Lawton W.
Pettit, the minister, Clarence D.
.
■ * < • * ‘ •
j .'ones and Clyde Hughes, the
niighbors.
The Sheriff, the only witness for
the State, told of the cross burn
ing episode, details of which are
now well known, of (he tracing of
the oil drippings and the tell
tale laundry mark which led to
Cheshire's admission of guilt.
Pettit said he could affirm Bil
ly to be faithful in his devotion
and attendance at St- Matthews
i-.piscopal Church and a com
municant in good standing. Hughes
who said he was slightly deaf
spoke his lines well and drew good
| laughter. Said he had known
! Billy since "he was knee high j to
a duck" and considered his gen
eral character and reputation
good, Jones, who hadn't known
him quite that long, just since
he was three, had always four*
j hliri "a friendly and polite boy'
j and considered him welcome s
I his home.
' Reaile then addressed himself to
.*■' t .7' : , . ' *
the bench, said there was ' no
thing inherently wrong in what he
did," said he had just “unwilling-'
ly” or ''unwittingly" tthe acoustics
went bad for the reporter at this
point i violated the law, didn't in
tend to "intimidate or frighten"
anybody, drew a tear-jerking
analogy between the Cheshire
cross burning and some "Buf
faloes" back at Trinity College in
if*17 who later Jought in the
first World War and brought glory
to North Carolina, and ended
with dramatic pleas liberally
sprinkled with Longfellow and
13th: Corinthians.
Solicitor Cole said he coudn't
"agree with Mr. Reade whole
heartedly." that respect for pri
vacy was pretty cherished all
around and the whole thing
"aorta sounded in the area of
political activity" and not "in
the category of a childish prank"
at ail
Judge Phipps then had his day,
K
' r. ' ‘i "V
• ' . I • - •
wondering out lojid how Mr. Reade l
knew he was «o partial to those j
cherished words in Corinthians ]
having to do with ' charity." He
said "what disturbed him was the
' lawlessness going about the coun
try and newspaper reports of
ministers exhorting their flpcks to 1
violate the law and churches pass- j
ing resolutions urging the same !
thing.
Continuing, the Judge allowed j
as how he thought people like j
Hilly Cheshire ought to go about j
nghting social wrongs by chang- j
mg the law in a legal way rather
t lan cross-burnings and reckoned
Frank Graham himself, if he
were there, would w ant to be
charitable as admonished to he |
in Corinthians.
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So. he said, let the defendant,
pay a tine of $10 and east.
And. as "the Royal Mounties -
tajuon TV. This case is closed."
$•
hearing aim utvoed today that
anyone interested in the project
is invited to attend and speak at.,
the session.. He noted that tormal
announcements of the meet in#
hud been sent to the governing
bodies of Chapel Hill and Carr
buro and to the County Comhiiss
i oners.
Bids'on the job. known as-.Pro: -
ject 4612. are to be received Feb.
26 and construction is expected to
be started within a few weeks af
ter ’the contract is lot
Mr Burt m„ explained that "A
public myrt.ng of this kind si
customary when . a project ; in
volves ^ho bypassing of any town
or towns, in or^ter that all interest
ed parties may have an opportuni
ty to express their opinion: '
The projected' by-pass wifi be
continuation of the present south
east bypass. U: S, Highway 15-501.
and will be . a four-mile link be
tween this highway at Morgan's
Creek on the Pittsboro Rd.. anti
N. (’. Highway 54 a mile west of
Carrboro. It will, however, not be
a limited access road as the' pres
ent bypass section is .and is sched
uled to have'only .a 150-foot right
of-way. instead of the 250 feet
taken up for the 15-501 roadway.
Information from the Highway
Department as of this time is that
the newiink will be a 24-foot road
way . surface as yet undecided. If
•will pass under the Pittsboro High
way at its beginning south of
town, over the Carrboro-Chatham
County., and University Lake rbaits.
I See HEARING, Page 4 )
Takes Company
To Task For
Poor Service
The Hi! Isbg'ro town board
Tuesday night grained a 30
w.tt iuitx jmc . to the Morris
Felephniie Company to oper
ate here., but .served notice it
will go to the State Utilities
Commission in tight months
with a formal protest unless
the .company installs "adequate
equipment in' Hillsboro and
the ; .ijoiuing area so as to
render adequate serv ic e to this
community.”
The Ixyard approved the 30
war agreement on “second
reading" at the request of the
company, which has operated here
since 1928 without benefit of
franchise The original franchise
was granted in 1905 and w’as never
renewed.
No public notice was given of
the first or second reading of the
agreement and no minutes were
available Tuesday night of the
January meeting during which
the first reading was held.
Morris’ Attorney P. W. Giltkt
well Jr. of Reidsville said the
company needed the franchise be
cause the insurance companies
from which it sought to borrow
money for needed expansion de
manded that it have a valid fran
chise from the municipality. ]
town Attorney A. H. Grahapi.
speaking directly To " Gijdcwbll
and company manager Waltey,Mur
ray, said: *
„ ‘We’ve been putting up with
the sorriest telephone service of
jmj plac? in the country." and
suggested a six months showdown
with the company before approval
of the franchise.
"It is embarrassing to this board
to grant a 30-year' franchise to
a company that has not been giv
ing good service.” he charged.
"These gentlemm and the com
munity have been long suffering.”
Gildowell said an overall im
provement program had been out
lined to the Utilities Commission
jind- approved. “We’re doing all
we can to give you . what you.
want”
Mr. Graham said if the company
didn't have adequate firiatMhng.
"Maybe, you ought to sell out."
Ife suggested that Southern Bell
or General Telephone.' Company
(See FRANCHISE. Page 4)
Beard Refuses
To Write Bill
* - -
On Limitation
Ctmali' Commissioner Donald M.
Slant rd oi (. ha pel- Hid.‘attempted
to re pen the controversial town
sh p limitation proposal on board
membership at Monday's meeting
of file Commissioners. but his. et
lorts Mere largely in vain.
His colleagues refused to agree
t i attempting a draft of the legis
lative act. contenting themselves
with 'instructing the clerk to send
to both Representative John Um
stead and Senator Ed Lanier cop
i s of excerpts from the minutes
in which the Commissioners had
approved the limit.atiqp procedure
and '’formally requested that the
legislators implement -the actions
•taken.
B th Umstead am) Lanier are
seen as morally committed to the
proposal inasmuch as Umstead was
in the group which originated
and presented the proposal to the
Commissioners and Lanier con
sistently voted for it as a Com
missioner,
The board studied and discussed j
briefly, a group of state-wide bills
affecting various phases of local
government which had previously
been endorsed by the State Assoc
iation of County Commissioners.
The board requested another
letter be dispatched to Solicitor
Murdock again urging action in
the next term Td collect *the full
amount owed by Peggy McNear *
in the much pubHtued welfare- , «
fraud .ease. Sal